Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum suffered a potentially serious injury in the fourth quarter of Boston’s loss to the Knicks in Game 4 of their series on Monday night.
Tatum was carried off the court with a right leg ailment, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps reports. Tatum took an awkward step near the top of the key and crumpled to the floor. He was unable to put any weight on the leg as he was helped off the court.
The exact nature of the injury is unclear, but it’s feared that it may involve his Achilles tendon and/or ankle. He’ll undergo an MRI on Tuesday.
“It’s tough to see a guy like him get carried off,” coach Joe Mazzulla said, per Jared Weiss of The Athletic (Twitter link).
The Celtics fell behind 3-1 in the series but veteran big man Al Horford was more concerned about his fallen teammate.
“The loss is the loss. More importantly it’s Jayson I’m worried about,” Horford said, per Weiss (Twitter link).
New York rallied for a 121-113 win despite Tatum’s efforts. He racked up 42 points, eight rebounds, four assists, four steals and two blocks.
Tatum’s five-year, Designated Veteran extension worth approximately $314MM kicks in next season.
Non contact never good, acl maybe. Rather him be in when Knicks hopefully finish them.
It is the Achilles…he wasn’t grabbing knee.
Damm these injuries.
By the way he was acting in the wheelchair, gotta be an achilles tear. See you in 2026 man.
Now the front office does have decisions to make. Tatum will be out a long time. Hardly worth spending is it.
Yeah, Porzingis and Hauser gonna be looking over their shoulder.
For real. Ruthless but, is what it is. Tatum ain’t playing next season.
Kinda jumping the gun aren’t you Sparky. Pain severity isn’t always an indication of how much damage there is. An ankle sprain can cause you to use language that sends you to go to confession for 3 weeks. But, you are able to run a marathon after those 3 weeks. Whereas, you might feel fine after a bump on the head, but dead 3 hours later. Wait for the MRI results and diagnosis.
That was no ankle sprain
Let’s all wait for the Xrays and MRI results
Hate to see it end like this. These playoffs are one to remember for bad luck man. …. Zuxxxx
Get well Tatum ….. hooe its not serious.
Only one thing to do now …. Get another DOUBLE U .or like my hater buddy calls it a fluke.
One more fluke and its gone fishing ….
Gives the new owners the reason they wanted to cut some salary. Now they will get rid of the old guys in Al and Jrue. Maybe have Brown rest more and figure out his knee issue. They can mini tank which is hard in the East so likely still be a playoff team.
Tatum is young enough to bounce back at some point. His contract is newer so he is secure enough to wait for full recovery. His game has never been all about his athleticism.
No one is touching the Brown contract.
The Warriors have just been carried off the court too. The whole team on a stretcher ……
Again we can blame Kuminga for not putting up 40 like Steph would ……….. what will we cry about today ……. All together now … Waaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ohhhh…….waaawaaawaaaaaawaaaaaaaaaaawe
WARRIORS fans now seeing the passive Jimmy that Riles didn’t want to pay.
You have a lot of class Al.., too bad it’s all third.
You know what this isn’t even a warriors article but you have some kind of agenda and vendetta against Warriors fans.
But with all that said, I will still say congratulations to New York for going up 3-1.
Looks like they were focused on getting a victory with Tatum on the floor or not. Nice win tonight and maybe they can close it out next game?
Good job by the players, especially Brunson with his clutch shooting and also the coaching staff With mixing in the defensive guys and the offense not suffering. Great job.
Looks like someone spends way too much time on the internet. Maybe you should take a breather.
Windy, I appreciate it. I think you’re right. Can’t sleep after that loss.
Atleast Mazzulla sent out the trainers this time.